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Song For Absent Friends

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First full-band single!

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“Song For Absent Friends”
(Watson/Bingley)

I’m sitting in my room,
Thinking of times I shared with you,
And I wouldn’t be me today if it wasn’t for you.

Hangin’ out by myself
Wasn’t good for my health
So I took a plane far away.

It almost broke my head,
Awful things done and said,
But I just had to make my way.

I have struggled, I have fought,
I have worked and I have sought,
And I’m lookin’ down at a mountain of cash in my hand.
So it’s time that I sat down and finally said ‘thanks!’

Hangin’ out with the band,
We were the best in the land,
We blew everyone off the stage.

At the end of the Earth,
It’s a long way to Perth,
We were not just a pretty face.

We worked our arse off for ten years.
We shared the blood, the sweat and tears,
In a corrupt environment.

Stu Harvey worked for Shock Records, let’s not forget!
But I want to say thank you, dudes, we all did our best.

Now I’m sitting in my room,
Thinking of times I shared with you,
And I wouldn’t be me today if it wasn’t for you.

To all my friends in the UK:
You saved me when I was insane.
You’ll probably never know all you’ve done for me.

Cheers to my friends in Victoria,
The backstage mob in Cumbria,
And to my mates in Florida,
This one’s for you!

Hangin’ out on my bed,
All the things that we shared,
You were the one who believed in me.

If you hadn’t been there,
God knows I could be dead,
You’ll never know what that means to me.

We haven’t spoken for so long.
Was it you or I who done us wrong?
After all these years, I still think of you every day.
And I wish you all the best, and hope you’re OK.

Now I’m sitting in my room,
Thinking of times I shared with you,
And I wouldn’t be me today…
If it wasn’t for you.

credits

from Song For Absent Friends, released July 15, 2016
Produced by Benny Mayhem & Steve Correia.

Tracked by James Pagella at The Fuelled By Cider Studio, Ilton UK; July 2016. Remixed, enhanced, overdubbed and mastered by Steve Correia at Citrus Studios, Canning Vale W.A.; November 2015 - March 2016.

Co-starring Steve Correia on duelling Rickenbackers; James Pagella & Steve Correia on 'their powers combined' rock'n'roll drums.

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